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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tikkalover" data-source="post: 339745" data-attributes="member: 600"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit">Agencies Meet to Address Lake Level Concerns</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">The forecasts for Lake Sakakawea and Lake Oahe are not promising:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">“Given current water levels and projected runoff based on mountain snowpack, its likely both lakes Sakakawea and Oahe will be 5-10 feet lower than the lake elevations experienced in 2021,” said North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries chief Greg Power. “At these forecasted elevations, boating access at many, if not most of the boat ramps, will become problematic.”</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">That’s the bad news.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">The good news, Power said, is that work was done during previous droughts that have resulted in a network of low water ramps that may become functional this year.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">The anticipated low water levels prompted Game and Fish, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, North Dakota Parks and Recreation and the North Dakota Department of Water Resources to deal with expected low water during the upcoming open water recreational season on the Missouri River System.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">For example, Power said Game and Fish and the Corps of Engineers have, “identified and prioritized potential boat ramp sites that will be impacted by the lower lake levels and are seeking additional funding and partnership with stakeholders who manage the respective recreational sites.”</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">By mid-March, Power noted, various agency staff will reconvene and firm up plans based on funding needs and availability, using the most recent corps runoff forecast data.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">While Power said current mountain snowpack for the upper Missouri River basin is only around 80 percent of normal, one storm can change things.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: inherit">“Of course, this is Mother Nature driven and subject to change,” he said</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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